The stimulus bill working its way through Congress is not just a package of spending increases and tax cuts intended to jolt the nation out of recession. For Democrats, it is also a tool for rewriting the social contract with the poor, the uninsured and the unemployed, in ways they have long yearned to do. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
If the Times Report comes out of Congress as written it will be the best thing to happen to Health care since Medicare and Medicaid were passed. With our present healthcare, the emergency room is the only place to get proper medical attention, and that's sitting there eight hours or more. The Doctor will give you a shot, a couple of pills, and say, "see your family doctor tomorrow. The problem with this advise is you don't have a family doctor.You end up clogging up emergency rooms for kids with colds, Mother's with headaches, and father's who are just plain worn out.
While you know the Republicans won't let this get through without a filibuster, the Democrats better grow a pair and push this through for all the poor souls that just need a little help for their families.
This is not quality journalism. The reporter should have identified the angle of health care spending as part of the stimulus package in the lede graph. Instead, he casts the story as an opinion piece, generalizing the stimulus bill as Democrats "rewriting the social contract."
I am an Obama supporter and a liberal. I support rewriting the social contract, an opinion I am entitled to hold and express. The reporter is supposed report information, which he does with the story, but the information is buried.
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